The slogan originally written by Yuan Geng was

The slogan originally written by Yuan Geng was "Time is money, efficiency is life."

At the end of 1981, a giant placard reading "Time is money, efficiency is life" was erected in the most conspicuous place of Shekou Industrial Zone. This is what Yuan Geng concluded after dealing with a businessman in Hong Kong.

41 years ago, on the front page of the Shenzhen Special Zone News, a news report titled "From Nanshan to Dapeng Bay" made the slogan "Time is money, efficiency is life" Seen in the newspapers for the first time, this slogan of the times, which leads the practice of China's great reform and opening up, has also spread more widely.

This slogan of emphasizing timeliness and emphasizing hard work seems to be commonplace and natural today. However, in the early days of reform and opening up, this slogan was first put forward by Yuan Geng, then director of the Shekou Administrative Committee. It was an ideological blast that broke the rules and promoted reform and opening up. It was hailed by knowledgeable people as "the first to break through ideological confinement." "The sound of spring thunder" and "The first lightning flash across the sky".

Character introduction

Yuan Geng (April 23, 1917 - January 31, 2016), formerly known as Ouyang Rushan, was born in Dapeng Town, Baoan County, Guangdong Province (now Dapeng Street, Shenzhen City), Han nationality.

Yuan Geng is the former executive vice chairman of China Merchants Group, the founder of China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone, China Merchants Bank, Ping An Insurance and other enterprises, the main founder of the second glory of China Merchants Group in the century-old, and the founder of China's reform and opening up. An important explorer of the cause. In recognition of Yuan Geng's dedication to promoting relations between the Mainland and Hong Kong and the economic development between Hong Kong and Mainland China, especially his contribution to Hong Kong's shipping industry, he was awarded the Golden Bauhinia Star by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2003.

Comrade Yuan Geng’s life was a life of revolution, fighting, and glory. It was a life of pursuing truth, pursuing progress, and striving for ideals and causes.

The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia-Yuan Geng